The Friday Poem

A poem every Friday

Castaway Companions

Photo of Jill Abram. She has long curly hair and is standing in front of trees.

Castaway Companions

Jill Abram chooses poems by Edward Lear, Lemn Sissay and Jacqueline Saphra to take to her desert island
Castaway Companions

Castaway Companions

Vanessa Lampert chooses poems by Matthew Dickman, Dorianne Laux and Karen Solie for her desert island
Head and shoulders photo of Rachael. She has short brown hair and glasses. She has her baby daughter in a sling across her chest.

Castaway Companions

Castaway poet Rachael Matthews choses poems by Jennifer L Knox, Adrienne Rich, and Kathleen Jamie for her desert island stay
Greta Stoddart looking directly at the camera, smiling. She has brown hair with a grey streak and she's wearing a black shirt with small blue and red flowers on.

Castaway Companions

Castaway poet Greta Stoddart choses poems by Elizabeth Bishop, Raymond Carver and Czeslaw Milosz for her desert island stay
Picture of Anne she has long blond hair and is smiling, there is a blurred painting in the background

Castaway Companions

Castaway poet Anne Rouse chooses poems by H.D. and Yeats, and Helen Waddell's translation of 'Die Christi Veritas', to take to a desert island
Photo of Sarah, she has short dark brown hair and is wearing a thin blue scarf and a blue linen top.

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Castaway poet Sarah Wimbush chooses poems by Ted Hughes, Liz Berry and Paul Bentley to take to a desert island
Julia Bird holding her book, she has medium length brown hair and is wearing a purple faux fur coat with a yellow wool scarf. she is standing in front of a white wall.

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Castaway poet Julia Bird chooses three poems by Michael Donaghy, Eileen Pun and John Keats to take to a desert island
Anne-Marie Fyfe sitting on a wooden boardwalk in Massachusetts. Wearing a red jacket and a white scarf with dark blue stars around her neck.

Castaway Companions

Castaway poet Anne-Marie Fyfe chooses three poems by Emily Dickinson, Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop to take to a desert island
Black and white photo of Ben Wilkinson, a young friendly looking man with glasses

Castaway Companions

Castaway poet Ben Wilkinson chooses three poems by Louis MacNeice, Stevie Smith and John Keats to take to a desert island